What is an Oklahoma Buy-Sell Agreement?

You may have heard the term “buy-sell agreement” or maybe the term “Shareholders Agreement.” 

These terms essentially describe the same thing:

An agreement between the people that own a business (either Oklahoma corporation or limited liability company) about how the ownership interest (either shares of stock and units of an LLC) is going to be handled if an owner leaves the business.  An owner may leave a business either voluntarily (think no longer interested in the business, has a better opportunity) or involuntarily (think death or disability).

The buy-sell agreement provides a structure for valuing the ownership interest in the business and then transferring ownership of the interests when a person leaves the company.  If you are interested in reading more about why a buy-sell agreement is critical for Oklahoma businesses, check out the post 3 reasons you need a buy-sell agreement for your Oklahoma small business.

Posted by Shawn Roberts

On this blog, I write about and try to answer practical Oklahoma legal questions. My focus and most experience is in estate planning and business issues including Oklahoma non-compete law. I make a living as an attorney in the law firm I founded, Shawn J. Roberts, P.C. in Oklahoma City. I live in Edmond with my wife Amy and my two children, Sam (19) and David (11). We live precisely in the path of where the "wind comes sweeping down the plains."